Stative Verbs, Definitions and Examples

English Stative Verbs, Definitions and Examples with List

Stative Verbs

In order to establish correct sentences in a broad time and in the present, it is necessary to recognize the stative verbs. Stative verbs, as their name suggests, are elephants that describe the situation, not an action. For example, in the word run, you can animate a person running in your eyes. However, when you consider the verb of knowing a situation, it is a little difficult to portray someone in your dream. So let’s get to know the status elephants first, and then find out why stative verbs are important to us.

It is possible to collect stative verbs under five main titles. These; Emotion, Ownership, Senses, Thought and Others. What we can say under the name of emotion; verbs such as loving, loving, hating, admiring. Within the scope of ownership, we can count the verbs own, belong, have and possess. There are elephants in the senses that show our five senses. These can be listed as hear, see, smell, feel and taste. Among the actions that fall within the scope of thought are actions such as believing, thinking, remembering, forgetting and realizing. For those who do not fall into these four categories, we can give examples such as imagine, look, know and owe mean.

You don’t need to memorize stative verbs. Since the meanings of these elephants are already addressing them, it will be very easy to understand which verbs are status verbs. You only need to know these elephants when you are building a sentence in the present time, and the situation verbs do not take – ing suffix. Since they cannot get it, they are not used in the present and other times when the -ing tag comes. The sentence is established using the broadest time closest to the present time. For example, the phrase ” I’m needing a lot of Dollars’ is set up instead of ‘I’m need a lot of Dollars’. Likewise, instead of “I’m not knowing anything”, it is called “I don’t know anything”.

Examples

• I see people running fast.
• I’m meeting John tomorrow.
• The smell verb also means “to smell” when it doesn’t get -ing. For example;
• The plants smells very nice.

-ing gives this verb the meaning of “smell”.

• He is smelling the plants now.

When we think of the logic anyway, we can visualize someone who smells it. However, we cannot revive the smell action. Taste means “to taste” when the de facto de -ing is not. For example:

• The fish tastes delicious.

-ing gives this verb the meaning of “taste”.

• Alice is tasting the meal.

When the verb is not -ing, it means “to have”. For example;

• John has an operation next day.

Adding -ing to the end gives this verb the meaning of “to perform”, which can be translated as “taking / doing / passing”.

• Alie is having an surgery operation now.

Stative verbs list;

Feelings	Thoughts	Possession
Amaze Appreciate Astonish Care Envy Fear Hate Love Mind Need Please Prefer Surprise Want	Agree Believe Desire Doubt Feel Forget Guess Imagine Know Mean Realise Recognise Remember Suppose Think	Belong Have Own Possess